Collier County Education Association Meets About Next Move

Scott McIntyre/Staff Pine Ridge Middle School special education teacher Rosie Mackin, center, talks with Osceola Elementary School first grade teacher Lera Brial, right, before the start of meeting with fellow Collier teachers at the Collier County Education Association on Tuesday July 23, 2013. The group met to figure out how to respond after Collier teachers were denied raises by the Collier County School Board last week. After the decision last week, many of the teachers abruptly left in anger.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Around the meeting area at the Collier County Education Association, many signs can be seen stressing the importance of teachers and their work in schools on Tuesday July 23, 2013.

Scott McIntyre/Staff The majority of the meeting of Collier teachers and members of the Collier County Education Association was closed the media on Tuesday July 23, 2013. The group met to figure out how to respond after Collier teachers were denied raises by the Collier County School Board last week. After the decision last week, many of the teachers abruptly left in anger.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Scenes from a meeting at the Collier County Education Association on Tuesday July 23, 2013. The group met to figure out how to respond after Collier teachers were denied raises by the Collier County School Board last week. After the decision last week, many of the teachers abruptly left in anger.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Pine Ridge Middle School eighth grade teacher Tricia Ray, center, claps for Jonathan Tuttle along with fellow Collier teachers at a meeting at the Collier County Education Association on Tuesday July 23, 2013. The group met to figure out how to respond after Collier teachers were denied raises by the Collier County School Board last week. After the decision last week, many of the teachers abruptly left in anger.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Collier teachers chat after a meeting at the Collier County Education Association on Tuesday July 23, 2013. The group met to figure out how to respond after Collier teachers were denied raises by the Collier County School Board last week. After the decision last week, many of the teachers abruptly left in anger.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Collier teachers chat before a meeting at the Collier County Education Association on Tuesday July 23, 2013. The group met to figure out how to respond after Collier teachers were denied raises by the Collier County School Board last week. After the decision last week, many of the teachers abruptly left in anger.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Lyle Farmar, Service Unit Director of the Collier County Education Association, hands out information to teachers before a meeting at the Collier County Education Association on Tuesday July 23, 2013. The group met to figure out how to respond after Collier teachers were denied raises by the Collier County School Board last week. After the decision last week, many of the teachers abruptly left in anger.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Jonathan Tuttle, executive director of the Collier County Education Association, center, and Cal Boggess, president of the Collier County Education Association begin their meeting of teachers at their offices on Tuesday July 23, 2013. The group met to figure out how to respond after Collier teachers were denied raises by the Collier County School Board last week. After the decision last week, many of the teachers abruptly left in anger.